Radiator-cover



A. FI HOFFMAN.

RADIATOR COVER.

vAPPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 191s.

Patentd Sept. 14, 1920.

gnventoz UNITED srafrss AUBREY F.- HOFFMAN,

or LoNGronD, KANSAS..

RADIATOR-COVER,

To all whom z'may concern:

Be it known that I, AUBREY F. lrlorrirralv,

a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Longford, in the county of Clay and State o f Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Radiator-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

It is theprimary aim and object of this invention to provide a device of theV above mentioned character designed to -removably cover the open front end of a radiator whenv the vehicle is not in use so that the heat may be retained beneath the hood of the motor vehicle with a view of obviating the freezing of the water inthe radiator. l

It is an equally importantv object of this invention to provide a device' of the above mentioned character wherein the parts are Y -capable of being adjusted to either an open that it may readily be placed in an open or closed position-as desired.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited the Provisionof a device of the character described with a View to compactness, and in which the num? ber of parts are few, the construction simple and the cost of production low and the eiiiciency high.

.Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangement of the 'various parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in detail in the description to follow, which for a clear understand-Y ing of the invention should be considered in connection withv the accompanying drawings" forming a part hereof, andvwherein is disclosed for the purpose of illustration a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of the invention. v Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention applied on the front of a radiator and shownv in a partly closed position.

-Fig. 2 is a rear elevation" of the invention proper looking toward theinside thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Sept Application lfiled May 15,1918. Serial No. 234,638.

'I Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional `detail of the invention, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary front elevational .detail of the curtains and roller. y

'Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views Fig-3 while these tubes are alined respectively with openings 6 and 7 in the dash.

Extending from the dash and beneath the opening 6 and abovel the opening 7 are brackets 8 in which are mounted idlers 9 for a purpose that will hereinafter become apparent. With a viewl toward providing an improved closure means for the opening 10 in front of the radiator a substantlally rectangular form orcasing 11 is employed the'l front wall thereof being` provided with an opening 12, whichv is slightly larger .thanthe opening 10 of the radiator, while l the opening 12 leaves side flanges 13 and upper and lower flanges '14 and 15, respectively, which project inwardly from'the adjacent walls of the frame 11. Attaching anges 16 extend from the side walls of the frame and are secured to the .front of the radiator near 'the side edges there-A of by the instrumentality of 'suitable fasv teners 17. Opposed'tr'unnion brackets 18 and 19 extend inwardly from the upper and lower flanges 14 and 15 vrespectively while an upper roller 2 0 and a lower roller 21 are employed and respectively have their trunnions 23 j ournaled in' the upper brackets 18 and the lower brackets 19. A'curtain 23 has one end secured to the lower roller and its main portion windable about the I lower roller 21. A easement 24 is formed at the upper edge of the curtain andreceives a' cross reinforcing strip 25 while secured tothe respective ends of the easement are pieces of tape `26. which are also windable about the upper roller 20 and have their 4 inner ends secured to the upper rol1er20. vIn-this connectionit is to be observed that the lengthvof the tapes 26 is equal to the length of the curtain. l

70 the upper and lower ends as indicated in 4 ln order to wind the tapes around theroller 20 so as to raise the curtain into such position as it will close the opening 12 in the frame and prevent the heated air within the hood escaping through the opening in the radiator and to also wind the curtain about the lower roller when it is desired to allow air to pass through the opening 10 in the radiator a cable 27 is employed and has one end connected to one end of the roller 2O and is windable about this end of thel roller and extended through the upper sleevel l and the upper opening 6. This cable is now trained about the upper idler 9 and eX- tended downwardly and ltrained about the lower idler 9 and thence it is passed through the lower opening 7 of the dash and thence through the lower tube or sleeve 5 in the radiator and finally is windable about one end of the lower roller 21 and has its terminal secured thereto.

ln use, assuming that the parts have been assembled in the manner described and as indicated in the drawings, to raise the curtain into a closed position and to lower the curtain so tha-t air may pass through the opening l0 of the radiator it is only necessary to engage the intermediate portion of the cable 27 and by moving it either upwardly or downwardly the rollers 20 and 2l will be actuated in corresponding directions so that the curtain will be either wound about the lower roller during which movement the tapes 26 will be unwound from the upper roller or else y,the tapes will be wound about the upper roller while the curtain will be unwound from the lower as is apparent. Itis also to be appreciated that the cable is suiciently taut so as to be y retenes frictionally engaged about the idlers 9 the parts will be maintained in the adjusted positions. ln actual practice, however, if desired the intermediate portion may be left slack and may be engaged on a suitable catch to insure of the parts beingmaintained in their proper positions.

lt is believed in view o the foregoing description that a further detailed description of the invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages will be readily apparent.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A device for the purpose indicated comprising the combination with a vehicle radiator and dash, both of which are formed with top and bottom openings adjacent one side, oi upper and lower transversely dis posed rollers mounted on the front of the radiator, a curtain having one end connect ed to one of the rollers, operative connections betweenthe other end of the curtain and the remaining roller, upper and lower idlers mounted adjacent corresponding open` ings on. the dash, and a cable trained over said idlers and passing through the openings inthe dash and in the radiator and having its opposite ends encircling and coni lnecting to the upper and lower rollers, respectively, whereby movement of that section of the cable between the said idlers ink AUBREY F. HOFFMAN. 

